Florentin Wernz

Florentin Wernz (12 September 1779-late January 1806) was a colonel of the Confederation of the Rhine.

Biography
Florentin Wernz was born in Regensburg, Bavaria, in 1779. He became a colonel of the army of the Confederation of the Rhine, commanding a unit of Chasseurs a Cheval. He served under General Pierre-Francois Rapp's Rhine Confederation army during the Napoleonic Wars and was involved in the Battle of Aichach in 1806.

Commanding a force of Rhenish troops on the French left flank, he led a charge on the Prussian right flank. His cavalry fired their pistols before drawing their swords and charging the French, but he was mown down by muskets and Wernz and much of his regiment died.